Toe-weight for horseshoes



(No Model.)

F. A. CLARK.

TOE WEIGHT'FOR HORSESHCBS. No. 268,189. 7 Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

WITNESSES. INVENT R.

FFICE.

FREDERIG A. CLARK, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

TOE-WEIGHT FOR HORSESHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,189, dated November 28, 1882,

Application filed December 6, 1880. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FaEDERIo A. CLARK, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful 1m provements in Toe-Weights for Horses; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of a horseshoe with my toe-weight and extra weight or blank attached. Fig. 2 is a side view of the toe-weight without the blank. Fig. 3 is a front and side view of extra weightor blank. Fig. 4 is a front and end view of the 'bolt.

The object of my invention is to furnish a toe-weight which shall not be liable to become loose upon the foot of the horse when in mo tion, and which may be increased or diminished in weight and attached to or removed from the horses foot without trouble.

In the drawings, a is the toe-weight. b is the blank or extra weight; 0, the bolt; (1, the horse inserted without difficulty or any particular adjustment of the various pieces of this contiivance. The screw-bolt c has asquare head, which tapers toward the point, as shown in Fig. 4, f and 0, thus allowing the nut to be turned onto the bolt 0 without turning the bolt at the same time.

It will be seen from the foregoing that when the horseshoe has been properly prepared to receive the bolt and shank of the toe-weight the shank of the toe-weight may be inserted between the horseshoe and the hoof and the bolt 0 run through the slot 6 and hole h; and should the weight be found insu'flicient, then it may be increased to the proper point by inserting a blank of proper size and weight.

The operation ot' my device is not confined to the toe, but may be applied to any other part of the hoof of a horse.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a horseshoe having a hole or aperture, of a weight,a, with the hole IL, the shank having the slot 6, and the bolt 0, adapted to be passed through the shoe, the slot in the shank, and the weight, and curved, as shown, the whole being capable of adjustment in order to carry additional weight, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I at'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERIC A. CLARK.

Witnesses:

EDWARD B. CRAM, DENNIS A. MEAHER. 

